Quark to InDesignCS3 Conversion Guide - InDesign User Group

then choose Object > Ungroup. If
you copy and paste or drag and drop
text from Illustrator into InDesign,
you can color, rotate, and scale the
text in InDesign, but you can’t edit
the text. If you need to transfer editable
text from Illustrator to InDesign,
select the text with the Type tool in
Illustrator, copy it, and then paste it
into InDesign.
Before you copy and paste or drag
and drop Illustrator objects into
InDesign, make sure that Copy As
AICB (Adobe Illustrator Clipboard)
is checked in the File Handling &
Clipboard pane of the Illustrator
Preferences dialog box, and that
Prefer PDF When Pasting is not
checked in the File Handling pane
of the InDesign Preferences dialog
box. If Prefer PDF When Pasting is
selected in the File Handling & Clipboard
pane, individual objects will
not be editable in InDesign.
Does InDesign support transparency
in imported PDf files?
If you place an Adobe Portable Document
Format (PDF) file that contains
transparency into an InDesign document,
the transparency is preserved.
If you want to make the background
of an imported PDF file transparent,
select Show Import Options in the
Place dialog box, and then choose
Transparent Background in the Place
PDF dialog box. Deselecting this
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Working with Photoshop Images
You can place native Photoshop (PSD) files (saved in version 4.0 or later)
directly into your InDesign layouts. After placing a Photoshop image
into a layout, you can modify it within InDesign by cropping or scaling it,
or turning layers and layer comps on or off. You can also open the image
in Photoshop, make changes, and update your InDesign layout.
InDesign preserves transparency
in Photoshop files, including soft
edges. No matter what technique
you use—paths, masks, or alpha
channels—InDesign can read,
display, and output it. In addition,
you can access and turn Photoshop
paths on or off within InDesign and
use them for text wrap.
InDesign also lets you control
the visibility of layer comps and
layers when you place native
Photoshop files, as well as the
visibility of layers when you place
PDF-compatible Illustrator files
and layered PDF files.
To adjust layer comp or layer
visibility during import of native
Photoshop files, select Show
Import Options in the Place dialog
box (File > Place). In the Update
Link Options area of the Image
Import Options dialog box, the
When Updating Link menu offers
two options. If you choose Use
Photoshop’s Layer Visibility,
Photoshop layer settings are used
if you edit the original file, and any
overrides you’ve made in InDesign
are overridden or reset when the
link is updated. If you choose Keep
Layer Visibility Overrides, any overrides
you’ve made in InDesign are
maintained if you edit the original
file. After you click Open, adjust the
settings in the Layers panel of the
Show Import Options dialog box.
To adjust layer comp or layer visibility
after you place a graphic,
select the frame that contains the
graphic, choose Object > Object
Layer Options, and then adjust the
settings in the Object Layer Options
dialog box.
Note: If you’ve selected different
layers or layer comps in placed PSD
files in your layouts, be sure to let
your printer know. Many printers
flatten PSD files as part of their
workflow, which would not give
you the results you want.
InDesign lets you place and
separate duotone, tritone, and
quadtone images created with
Photoshop, as well as PSD files
with spot colors.